William Westmoreland Quotes
When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail
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Star Wars was magnificent, but you could tell Darth Vader's ships were glued together.
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My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother dies in your arms - just you and her, and it's one o'clock in the morning, and you're waiting for her to exhale - you just think, life's too bloody short to argue about the little things.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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Whenever I get to a point I'm so tired that I forgot the verse of a song, I know I'm burnt out.
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It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
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There are jobs, particularly database-oriented ones, for which computers are necessary, but for everyday office life, I question whether they have brought the productivity that their enormous cost, up to £10,000 per person, demands.
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Every concert I've finished with the knowledge I've played a fistful of wrong notes.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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I just sort of go along and say what I think -and that's all you can do in life, really.
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This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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What drains your spirit drains your body. What fuels your spirit fuels your body.
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A writer should never be brief at the expense of being clear.
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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If you want to really love someone, you've got to let go and loosen up and just care.
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When I was a child, I was unable to go to any type of sleepaway summer camp because of health issues. Once I learned about the Lopez Foundation, I knew I wanted to get involved, send kids with kidney disease away to camp so they can still experience overnight camp with medical needs at hand.
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When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail
